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Gentianaceae

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  • A plant (Lisianthus princeps): large single flower and flower cluster. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850.
  • Five flowering plants, including a sedge (Carex species) and stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • A plant (Exacum filiforme): entire flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.
  • A blue gentian (Gentiana fortunei): flowering stem. Chromolithograph by G. Severeyns, c. 1860.
  • Seven plants, including four orchids and a fuchsia: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
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    Five flowering plants, including a sedge (Carex species) and stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

    | Date: 1853 [1854] | Reference: 23769i
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    Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

    Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870. | Date: 1861 | Reference: 24543i
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    A plant (Exacum filiforme): entire flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

    Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. | Date: 1 March 1795 | Reference: 24968i
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    Observationes quaedam de gentianearum familiae characteribus : dissertatio inauguralis ... / auctor Aug. Henr. Rud. Grisebach.

    Grisebach, A. (August), 1814-1879. | Date: 1836
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    A plant (Lisianthus princeps): large single flower and flower cluster. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850.

    | Date: [1833-59] | Reference: 26175i
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